Double Down: Game Change 2012 (88 page)

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Rice, Condoleezza,
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Rice, Susan,
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Richards, Cecile,
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Ricketts, Joe,
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Ricketts, Laura,
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Ricketts, Pete,
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Ricketts, Todd,
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Ricketts, Tom,
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Ricketts Plan (“The Defeat of Barack Hussein Obama”),
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Ritter, Will,
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Roberts, Brian,
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Roberts, John,
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Roberts, Robin,
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Roche, Steve,
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Rock Center,
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Rogers, Ed,
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Rolling Stone,
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Rollins, Ed:

Bachmann and,
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Huckabee and,
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Romney, Ann,
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Huntsman and,
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illnesses of,
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on overseas trip,
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personal finances of,
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Republican National Convention and,
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Romney’s defeat and,
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Rosen’s remark on,
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Secret Service protection for,
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Romney, George,
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Romney, Jane,
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Romney, Josh,
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Romney, Mitt,
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automobile industry op-ed of,
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Avatar and,
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Bain Capital and,
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Bain Capital

Barbour and,
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Bill Clinton on,
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billionaires and,
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Bush
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Christie and,
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Clinton’s remarks on business career of,
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contraception issue and,
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CPAC speech of,
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Daniels’s view of,
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at Daytona 500,
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in debate with Bachmann and Pawlenty,
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decision to run made by,
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Detroit Economic Club speech of,
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Eastwood and,
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election defeat of,
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First National Romney Victory Leadership Retreat,
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in Florida primary,
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formal entry into the race,
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“47 percent” remark of,
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fund-raising and,
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gaffes of,
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gay marriage issue and,
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Gingrich and,
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Gingrich’s debates with,
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at Ham House,
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health care plan of,
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Hispanics and,
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houses of,
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Huckabee and,
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Huntsman and,
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Hurricane Sandy and,
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immigration and,
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in Iowa caucuses of 2008,
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in Iowa caucuses of 2012,
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